Microblogs
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Self-Hosted
- Cloudron
Mastodon is a Free and Open Source federated social network, made with a focus on more personal interaction.
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- Windows S
- Android Tablet
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Blackberry 10
- Kindle Fire
Twitter is an online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 280-character messages called "tweets".
Gab Social is an open source and fully decentralized social network powered by the Gab Platform. It is the new social network of Gab.com. This change was made to further Gab's commitment to its users trust and privacy online.
Warning
Gab is less moderated compared to other social networks and could be offensive to some people
- Free • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. It's where your interests connect you with your people.
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Pleroma is a free, federated social networking server built on open protocols. It is compatible with GNU Social, Mastodon, and many other ActivityPub and OStatus implementations.
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Android
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- F-Droid
- PHP
Friendica is a distributed social network application. Which allow users to connect with others via their own Friendica server, but may also fully integrate contacts from other platforms including Twitter, diaspora*, Pump.io and StatusNet into their 'newsfeed'.
GNU social is a continuation of the StatusNet project. It is social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase.
Telegra.ph is an anonymous publishing platform by Telegram that lets anyone post stories without having to register an account. Simply visit the site and you'll be presented with a light form for posting.
Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse, consisting of micro blogging, photo sharing and video hosting.
- Free • Proprietary
- Online
Ello is a simple, beautiful, ad-free social network created by a small group of artists and designers.
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Self-Hosted
Known is a simple platform for publishing words, pictures, podcasts and more to a site that you control. Choose to share it on social networks like Twitter and Facebook, or extend it to integrate with the software you already use.
a decent(ralised) secure gossip platform sea-slang for gossip - a scuttlebutt is basically a watercooler on a ship.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- Self-Hosted
A forever evolving, sophisticated microblogging platform.
twister is the fully decentralized P2P (Peer-to-peer) microblogging platform leveraging from the free software implementations of Bitcoin and BitTorrent protocols.
identi.ca is a free personal web server that implements a distributed social networking service. It is based on pump.io, a free software which make up the distributed social network.